GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |